In Humanities we aim to empower students with the inspiration, skills and knowledge required to become active and positive citizens of today’s society. In history we want students to develop an understanding of the past and how it has shaped their lives and the world today.
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Year 7
01. History Yr7 T1.1 What is History?
03. History Yr7 T2 The development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509 - How miserable were the Middle Ages?
04. History Yr7 T3.1 The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745 - How revolutionary was the Renaissance?
05. History Yr7 T3.2 The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745 - How far did the Reformation change England?
06. History Yr7 T4 The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745 - Was Elizabeth’s reign a Golden Age?
07. History Yr7 T5 The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745 - Did the English Civil War give power to the people?
Year 8
08. History Yr8 T6 One study of a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments - What mattered to the Mughals?
09. History Yr8 T1 Ideas, political power, industry and empire Britain, 1745-1901 - “There were more benefits than drawbacks to the British Empire.” How far do you agree?
10. History Yr8 T2 Ideas, political power, industry and empire Britain, 1745-1901 - How did the Enlightenment change the world?
11. History Yr8 T3 Ideas, political power, industry and empire Britain, 1745-1901 - “Children were lucky to have jobs during the Industrial Revolution.” How far do agree?
12. History Yr8 T4 Ideas, political power, industry and empire Britain, 1745-1901 - What were the causes and the consequences of the Matchstick Girls’ Strike?
13. History Yr8 T5 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day - How did two bullets kill 18 million people?
Year 9
14. History Yr9 T6 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day - What made the Great war G.R.E.A.T?
15. History Yr9 T1 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day - Was World War II inevitable?
16. History Yr9 T2 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day - “The Blitz spirit was a myth. People did not come together during the war?
17. History Yr9 T3 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day - What was the Holocaust and how was it resisted?
18. History Yr9 T4 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day - Why did people fear for their lives’?
19. History Yr9 T5.1 Aspect or theme in British history that consolidates and extends pupils’ chronological knowledge from before 1066 - Who is “British”?
20. History Yr9 T5.2 Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day - What helped the struggle for equal rights in Britain after 1960?
Year 10
History Yr10 T6 Medicine in Britain, c1250–present - How much change was there in medicine in medieval England?
History Yr10 T 1.1 Medicine in Britain, c1250–present - How much change was there in medicine in the Medical Renaissance in England?
History Yr10 T1.2 Medicine in Britain, c1250–present - How much change was there in medicine in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain ?(17)
History Yr10 T1.3 Medicine in Britain, c1250–present - How much change was there in medicine from 1900 to the present day?
History Yr10 T2.1 The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18 - How did the First World War impact on injuries and treatment in the British sector of the Western Front?
History Yr10 T2.2-3.1 Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 - How effectively did Elizabeth I deal with her problems between 1558–69?
History Yr10 T3.2 Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 - How effectively did Elizabeth deal with the challenges to her at home and abroad, 1569–88?
History Yr10 T3.3-4 Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 - ‘Life was exciting in Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88.'How far do you agree?
History Yr10 T5.1 The American West, c1835–c1895 - How much impact did the early settlement of the West, c1835–c1862, have on the lives of Plains Indians?
History Yr10 T5.2 The American West, c1835–c1895 - How much impact did the development of the plains have on the settlers and the Plains Indians?
Year 11
History Yr11 T6 The American West, c1835–c1895 - How much impact did the development of the plains have on the settlers and the Plains Indians? (3)
History Yr11 T1 The American West, c1835–c1895 - What were the causes and consequences of conflicts and conquest between c1876–c1895?
History Yr11 T2 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 - Why did the Republic fail?
History Yr11 T3.1 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 - ‘If you tell a big lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually believe it.’ Do you agree?
History Yr11 T3.2-4.1 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 - ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.’ Do you agree?
History Yr11 T4.2 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 - Is Europe today more tolerant, understanding and united than it was in 1939?
History Yr11 T5 Revision - How do I maximise my grade in GCSE history?
